CASTLE ROCK _ And so the Perrish Cox trial has gone to the 12-person jury.

The former Broncos cornerback is facing two charges of sexual assault of a woman on Labor Day weekend, 2010 at his Lone Tree apartment. Also at the apartment that night were Broncos cornerback Cassius Vaughn, who was sleeping in a bedroom at the time of the alleged incident, Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who had been with the alleged victim hours before the alleged incident occurred, and Cox’s then girlfriend, Carthy Che.

I’m going to say defense attorney Harvey Steinberg won the closing arguments if for no other reason than the courtroom could hear him. I’m sure Douglas County assistant prosecuting attorney Bob Chappell made some smart points in his closing argument. But how can a guy hold such a position while epitomizing the meaning of “low talker?”

Come on, Bob, speak up!

Steinberg’s close lasted a bit more than 30 minutes. He pitched the jury on how no one was a credible witness _ not the victim, not Che, not even Thomas _ in the night in question when Cox, a former Broncos cornerback, allegedly had intercourse with a woman without the woman’s knowledge or consent.

Steinberg also cited examples of why the victim did not pass out, as she claimed, but knew what was going on that night more than she had let on. Steinberg wondered how she could walk two blocks from the nightclub to the car, and how she could walk up three flights of stairs to Cox’s apartment if she was in such a disoriented state.

“”This was a couple party girls, let’s call it what it is,” Steinberg said in his close.

The incriminating evidence against Cox that Chappell presented to the strained ear was that Cox’s DNA matched the woman’s fetus, that Thomas testified Cox had carried the victim into his bedroom _ with the victim later saying she woke up back on the air mattress where she believed she had passed out _ and that Thomas also testified that when Cox re-entered the living room, Cox said, “she’s ready.”

“”Sully the victim,” Chappell repeatedly said in a near whisper about the defense’s case.

A possible factor in the two verdicts, one on each count against Cox: They must be unanimous. All 12 jurists _ six men, six women _ must agree.